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Wed Oct 7 20:49:03 CEST 2009
Mailing list off-line
Tablix mailing list tablix-list is currently off-line because of a spam problem.
I'm looking for a solution for this problem, but I'm a bit short on time so it will probably take a week or two. The list hasn't been very active lately, so I hope this isn't too big of an inconvenience.
In the mean time, please do not send mail to the mailing list, or try to subscribe. All mail sent to firstname.lastname@example.com is logged, but any legitimate mail will probably be lost in the large amount of spam.
And if you can suggest a good, secure and light-weight mailing list manager, please drop me a mail.
Fri Aug 24 11:07:00 CEST 2007
Using Bash completion
If you're running Tablix in GNU/Linux you're probably using Bash as your shell. Putting the following three lines in your .bashrc file will make it easier to use Tablix utilities with long command-line options:
complete -o default -W '--functions --conv-fitness --fit-fitness --scale' tablix2_plot complete -o default -W '--file --dir --multi-file --multi-dir' tablix2_test complete -o default -W '--single --multiple --graph --multi-graph' tablix2_benchmark
You can then use TAB key to complete options just like filenames. For example to type "tablix2_plot --conv-fitness" you can now only type "tablix2_pTAB --cTAB" and the shell will fill in the missing parts for you.
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Tue Jul 3 14:22:16 CEST 2007
Tablix 0.3.5 stable release
Tablix 0.3.5 is available for download. Source distribution and Debian package are available at the usual places.
This release fixes bugs in the kernel and adds some new fitness modules.
You can find more details in the release notes.
Sun May 6 14:14:31 CEST 2007
User's manual and HOW-TOs in French
François Colombier yesterday published a complete French translation of the Tablix User's Manual, HOW-TOs and Modules reference documentation. Thanks.
Mon Nov 13 14:17:27 CET 2006
Tablix 0.3.4 stable release
Besides bug fixes in the kernel and existing modules this release also adds the following new features:
Two fitness modules (minrooms.so and simplesametime.so) that can be used for simple meeting scheduling were added to the distribution (contributed by Seppe vanden Broucke).
Several changes were made to the kernel to make building and using Tablix on Microsoft systems easier: The path to modules can now be changed with a command-line parameter and the module loader automatically determines the file name extension for shared libraries used by the operating system. It is no longer necessary to include '.so' extensions in <module> tags in problem descriptions.
An export module for Gnutu Student's Schedule was also added to the distribution.
Source distribution is available from the usual place. Debian packages (now also for the amd64 architecture) can be downloaded from the new package repository.
Sun Nov 12 12:27:36 CET 2006
New Debian package repository
I've set up a new repository of Debian packages at http://www.kiberpipa.org/~tomaz/tablix/repo. The old one wasn't available after the security compromise of the web server two months ago.
The new repository uses a GPG key to sign the packages so your apt installation should be able to detect whether a package has been tampered with while it has been stored on the server.
Instructions for setting up your /etc/apt/sources.list and importing the GPG key: stable builds, weekly automatic builds of the latest CVS version.
Fri Oct 27 13:34:28 CEST 2006
Upgrade to Nanoblogger 3.3
I've just upgraded this site to Nanoblogger 3.3. Please report any broken links to my email address or leave a comment.
Sun Sep 17 00:03:36 CEST 2006
Debian packages temporarily unavailable
Administrators at Cyberpipe are currently investigating a security compromise in one of Cyberpipe's servers.
It is possible but unlikely that Tablix Debian binary packages (stable and development snapshots) that are hosted at www.kiberpipa.org have been tampered with. Until I can be sure that the packages have not been modified by anyone I have removed them from publicly accessible directories.
Because of the same reason the ISO images of the Tablix on Morphix distribution and the Jorell web service are currently unavailable.
Packages hosted at www.tablix.org and the CVS repository have not been affected and are still accessible. You can also still download the official Debian packages of Tablix from any Debian mirror.
Wed Jul 5 16:02:28 CEST 2006
Tablix on Windows
Latest version of Tablix can also be compiled on Microsoft Windows. I have made an experimental package for Windows XP that includes Tablix kernel, export utility, some documentation and examples and a simple graphical user interface.
This package hasn't seen much testing since machines running Windows are in minority here. Please report any problems and / or other experiences to the Wiki or to the mailing list.
Release notes, screenshots and download link are available on this Wiki page.
Posted by Tomaž | Permalink | Categories: Miscellaneous
Sun May 28 17:09:56 CEST 2006
Tablix 0.3.3 stable release
Two header files (style2.h and stripe.h) are missing from the source distribution of the previous release. This results in a compiler error.
This release adds the missing files and also fixes a bug in the DTD file for the XML format of the fitness modules reference documentation.
Source distribution is here. The new Debian package should be identical to the previous release.


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It's horribly impractical for ladies to wear bikini armor while leaving their midsections exposed...or is it? Artist Stjepan Sejic reveals the "truth" behind half-naked women warriors.
Sejic says that this has been a long-simmering joke between him and his wife about fantasy illustration. Sejic draws plenty of lady armor himself, as an artist for the comics Witchblade and Artifacts, among others.
now you know! [nebezial on deviantART via Geek Art Gallery]
Update: Commenter Marasai points us to the sequel to this comic, featuring a trio of scantily clad heroines.
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Antiochian Delegation to Damascus, Syria
His Eminence Metropolitan Philip writes:
Brother Hierarchs, Beloved Clergy, Esteemed Members of the Archdiocese Board of Trustees and Faithful Laity of our God-Protected Archdiocese:
Greetings to you and your families in the name of our Lord, God and Savior Jesus Christ!
As you are all aware, there has been a lot of turmoil throughout many of the countries of the Middle East since the beginning of the year. Many of these uprisings coined "the Arab-spring" have resulted in changes of governments in places like Egypt, Tunisia and Libya and unrest in other Gulf and North African nations. Since the spring, this phenomenon has supposedly spread to Syria, the country of the seat of our Patriarch of Antioch and all the East. The reports we receive on an almost daily basis from our Patriarch and various Metropolitans of the See of Antioch, together with our many contacts in Syria do not agree with the reports we see and hear in Western media such as CNN, Fox News, and others. Likewise, many of the gulf sponsored Arabic news channels like Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya seem to portray a dire situation in Syria when the reality based on our many contacts there appears to be something quite the contrary.
Because of this contradiction, and because our office has been inundated with letters, emails and phone calls about the situation in Syria, we felt it necessary to send a delegation made up of a group of some of our convert priests, other religious leaders from non-Orthodox communities, and an international lawyer to see first-hand the situation and report back to me and to all of you, the faithful of our God-protected Archdiocese. This is important because of our deep connection and roots as Antiochian Orthodox Christians (either by ancestral roots or by religious roots or both) to the land of Syria. The consequences of the uprisings in Syria for the Christian community, and all minority communities in Syria, are likely to be drastic should the government collapse as the country will slip into chaos and sectarianism. Syria, despite the need for some reforms, has been, and should remain a secular state in which all people can practice their religion freely and openly.
The group spent three days in mid-September making official visits including a 90 minute meeting with President Assad, another meeting and dinner with the Grand Mufti of the Syrian Republic, a third meeting with opposition leaders and finally a meeting with representatives from our Patriarchate. You will see for yourselves in the following article what their impressions were, what they witnessed, and how they found the state of the country.
Praying for the peace from above that only God can bring, I remain,
Your Father in Christ,
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The first time I visited the British Museum in 89 one item that captivated me was the autograph of Beethoven. Alongside was that of Mozart. The tidiness of the latter was totally missing in the work of Beethoven. Comparing these is easier than analyzing why one is distinct from the other.
Yet both have been essential to me. Though I have no musical training to appreciate the merits of a composer from his style, in the manner one uses melodic, rhythmic or textural elements, my responses to both composers have been varied. Whereas one has smoothed my troubled spirit by life's inconsequential hammerings, as an infant satiated by it mother's milk, Beethoven has supplied more than ample muscle to keep me going through day's chore. I require both. Even as I get on with tasks on hand, snatches of his themes are ever in my mind. I can smooth day to my liking.
Is there anything that I may pick out from works of Beethoven as infinitely of high order than others? Given the temperament and cast of my mind second movement in symphonies, the slow movements touch me deeper than others. Whatever I may be doing while the music goes on the background I pause in order to take the delicious passages: Seventh symphony, the third piano concerto are cases in point.
After becoming acquainted with his music for years my ear can note development of a theme, tonic major and minor relationships how bits and pieces of it are scattered throughout the work. Such juxtapositions of key and dynamics give the piece its variety; themes when restated are like memory playing tricks, a sunny brisk passage when restated is in minor key nevertheless balance is achieved. His music almost mirrors life in that that sunny outlook of a child derived from its influences may be transformed by tragic aspects of life. But such major minor relationships do not make life seen separately; overall unity of a Beethoven symphony is in its variety despite the motive force of life merely lets each of us to touch highs and lows of joy and sorrow. If the music has its structure and unity is neither of joy nor of sorrow of life can be isolated. They are part of a design. As long man is subject to such tempests of life music of Beethoven must be relevant to him.
As long as my ears can note the difference between a violin and drum I shall listen to Beethoven. If totally deaf with age I hope my memory shall continue to give my ruined state some semblance of sparkle. I shall end with a quotation of Lenin, 'I know nothing which is greater than the Appassionato…It is marvelous, superhuman music. I always think with pride –perhaps it is naïve of me-what marvelous things human beings can do. (Maxim Gorky-Days with Lenin)'


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- "Ugh, no, Harry won't want one of those, they're for vampires, I expect."
- —Hermione Granger on the proposal to buy Harry Potter a blood-flavoured lollipop[src]
Blood-flavoured lollipops are sold in the "Unusual Tastes" section of Honeydukes in Hogsmeade. They are possibly sold in other wizarding places as well. It is unclear if they are appealing to anyone other than vampires, or perhaps are meant to be used to play a trick on others.
On their second trip to Hogsmeade in 1993, Ron and Hermione discussed whether or not to purchase some for Harry. As it turned out, Harry was standing right behind them at the time, having used the Marauder's Map to sneak through a secret passage from Hogwarts to Honeydukes.
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- In the film version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry sneaks into Honeydukes under his Invisibility Cloak and snags a Blood-flavoured lollipop away from Neville Longbottom right before his tongue touches it.
- There is a Muggle version of this sweet called Blood Pops that makes a person's mouth blood-red.
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (Flashback on Disc 2)


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Semper Fidelity: The pitfalls of illegal dumping
A pedestrian was surprised recently to see what appeared to be household trash sticking out of the top of an official city garbage can in front of an upscale apartment building at 1000 E. Market St.
The giveaway? The refuse included mail with the names of residents at the East Market address, including a Fidelity Investments statement for a $15,000 account.
With the cost of Charlottesville curbside pickup about to double, using city street cans may look like a viable way to skirt the high cost of waste disposal.
However, public service manager Steve Lawson doesn't advise it. In fact, doing so is a Class 1 misdemeanor that carries a maximum $2,500 fine and/or up to 12 months in jail.
"We didn't have a problem with household trash in dumpsters or street cans until we went to trash stickers in the first place," says Lawson. "It isn't a huge problem, but it's a persistent one."
Since 1992, the city won't haul household trash unless it carries a sticker. Currently, a 13-gallon trash bag requires a 50-cent sticker, and a 32-gallon bag costs a dollar. If City Council approves a budget that doubles those fees, Lawson expects to see more violators when the new rates go into effect July 1.
When household garbage is illegally dumped, Ronnie Shifflett, city refuse supervisor, looks for names and addresses. "We notify the people that it has to stop, and they do," reports Shifflett.
Lawson can't recall the city prosecuting anyone. "We advise them should it happen again, we will prosecute," he says.
The owner of the Fidelity account, who works for UVA's athletic department, declined to speak to The Hook on the record, but did express some concern about his privacy after his trash ended up in a newspaper office.
Another resident, whose name and address appeared on a Soft Surroundings catalog in the same street can, did not return The Hook's call. Nor did CBS Rentals, which manages the property.
Actually, residents in the building don't need stickers for their trash because the building has a dumpster but they're in trouble if they use the street can in front of the building.
"It was just a front door thing," says Shifflett. "They probably dropped it off waiting for the bus."
After the discovery, the city moved the street can on East Market about 300 feet. "Since then," says Shifflett, "it has not been abused."
Another strategy the city uses to thwart residential dumpers is putting smaller openings on the garbage cans. "The street cans we purchase now with small openings make it a lot harder to get household trash in," says Lawson.
The threat of a Class 1 misdemeanor may not be enough to deter scofflaws who use street cans or private dumpsters to save a few bucks, but here's another consideration: the danger that identity thieves will end up with the dumper's personal financial information or worse, that a newspaper will.


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I'm late with this.
From Arash Markazi of ESPN L.A., who wrote this last Sunday at 10:43am. Game time was at 1pm. {linked here}
I was in the car outside at Dodger Stadium waiting for the parking lot to open around 10:43am!
No joke.
Maybe Loney was busy with the wedding plans.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
"You MFers better start showing up earlier around here."
2 comments:
- X said...
I like him already.
- August 7, 2012 at 11:07 AM
- MarcoS. said...
The fans made it known last night that Loney is on his final straw.
- August 8, 2012 at 10:26 AM
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Behind a complete game from sophomore pitcher and Northeast Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player Laura Messina and the bat of junior Arielle Bruno the Central Connecticut softball team won the first NEC Tournament Championship in program history. The Blue Devils (35-13, 16-4 NEC) earned a 4-3 victory over LIU Brooklyn in Saturday's championship game to win the tournament and claim the NEC's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Softball Tournament.
"It's incredible," Head Coach Jeff Franquet said after the game. "I believe in these kids, they have done a great job showing up every day and playing hard. I am so happy for them."
The tournament championship and NCAA tournament appearance are both firsts for the CCSU softball program as was the share of the regular season crown that the team claimed this season.
For the third-consecutive game, the Blue Devils scored first and again they did it in the first inning. CCSU loaded the bases in the top of the first and a single by freshman Evie Rentzel plated Bruno, who reached on a single of her own, to put Central up by one.
The Blue Devils struck again in the top of the fourth with Bruno's ninth home run of the season. The blast drove in freshman Brittany Ernst, who reached base after being hit by LIU's pitcher Cassie Vondrak.
In the bottom of the fifth, the Blackbirds (19-38) plated one on a deep fly-out to right field to narrow the CCSU lead to two.
The Blue Devils earned the run back in the top of the sixth. Sophomore and NEC Player of the Year Kat Malcolm sent a single through the left side and advanced to second on a fielding error by the LIU left fielder. A sacrifice bunt from Barlow moved Macolm to third before junior Tessa Brown stepped up to the plate and sent a single through the left side to plate Malcolm.
In the bottom of the sixth, a two-run home run to left by LIU's Nicole Archer brought the Blackbirds within one with just one out in the sixth.
That was all Messina would allow the Blackbirds as she closed out the sixth and then pitched a one-two-three seventh to end the game. Messina went seven innings and allowed three runs, two earned on five hits. She struck out one batter and did not walk a batter.
Messina earned the victory in each of CCSU's three tournament games and for the season her record stands at 27-9.
Bruno finished the game three-for-four at the plate with two runs batted in. Rentzel was two-for-three with an RBI and Malcolm was two-for-four on the afternoon.
Freshman shortstop Eileen Purcell, who made several exceptional plays in the field throughout the game, caught a high pop-up in the center of the infield to record the final out.
The victory extended CCSU's record for wins in a season to 35. Also, at 35-13 the Blue Devils' winning percentage this season is .729, which as it stands would break the previous school record of .666 set by the 1990 team's 28-14 record.
In addition to Messina's MVP honor, she was named to the NEC All-Tournament team. She was joined on the team by two fellow Blue Devils, Springer and Malcolm.
The Blue Devils will find out where they are going for the NCAA Tournament tomorrow night at 10 p.m. The 2013 NCAA Softball Selection Show will air live on ESPNU.


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i figure these days things out most the time but wow this really has me pulling my hair out.
i cant upgrade to 6.55 and i cant clean install it
says cannot install newsbin. is newsbin running? please close and retry.
something is preventing us from installing.
i even tried to do clean install. uninstalled wine removed all directories and still wouldnt go. upgrade wouldnt go either.
i saw someone had a similar problem so i went and edited the windows reg and still nothing.
what am i doing wrong here?


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NEW YORK — Stabilizing oil prices and signs that the economy may be improving pushed stock indexes higher Monday. The Standard and Poor's 500 index, the benchmark for most U.S. mutual funds, finished its third straight month of gains.
Oil prices fell to about $97 a barrel as worries over the global oil market eased after reports that some Libyan ports reopened to oil tankers and Saudi Arabia was boosting exports. Prices surged above $100 a barrel last week as clashes between rebels and government-backed forces intensified in Libya.
The Commerce Department said consumer incomes rose by the largest amount in nearly two years in January, thanks to a tax cut that began last month. The head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, meanwhile, said that the country's economic outlook has "improved considerably."
The Dow Jones industrial average gained 95.89 points, or 0.8 percent, to close at 12,226.34. The Standard and Poor's 500 rose 7.34, or 0.6 percent, to 1,327.22. The Nasdaq composite rose 1.22 points, or less than 0.1 percent, to 2,782.27.
All three major stock indexes posted their third straight month of gains. The last time that happened was in the three-month period that ended last April. The S&P 500 gained 3.2 percent in February, the Dow 2.8 percent and the Nasdaq 3 percent. Those figures don't include dividends.Story: Largest rise in U.S. incomes in one and a half years
A new round of corporate deals also helped push some stocks higher. Ventas Inc., which owns senior housing communities, said it would buy Nationwide Health Properties Inc. in a $5.8 billion deal that will create the nation's largest health care real-estate investment trust. Nationwide Health rose 10 percent, while Ventas fell 3 percent.
Australia's Equinox Minerals Limited, a mining company, said it would make a hostile bid to acquire Canada's Lundin Mining Corp. for $4.9 billion in cash and stock. Lundin rose 19 percent while Equinox fell 9 percent. Both trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
The deals came just two days after Warren Buffett said in his annual letter to investors that he is "itchy" to make more big acquisitions for his company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Berkshire had $38 billion in cash at the end of last year. Its shares rose 2.8 percent.
Humana Inc. rose 3.8 percent after the health insurer raised its 2011 earnings forecast for the third time since November. The company also said it regained a contract to provide coverage for 3 million active duty and retired military members and their families in several Southern states.
Amazon.com Inc. fell 2.2 percent after an analyst at UBS downgraded the company and said that its new video streaming service will cut into its profit margins.
Bond prices were little changed. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note was unchanged from late Friday at 3.42 percent.
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2012-08-20: Information Station Column
Having taught 4 of my 5 kids to read, I know the challenges, struggles, and joys each child can encounter when learning to read. I had two children that just took off with reading and two that needed as much help as I could give and then some. So this new program at the library is near and dear to me! The Owl's Nest is a program where parents can sign up their children to come to the library and partner one-on-one with a teen or adult that will listen to them read, maybe work with them a bit on beginning reading skills, in a non-threatening environment. The benefits are endless – for the child (from both English and non-English speaking families) AND for the adult reading partner. We are so excited to kick this off – but before we do – we need both children (TK-4th Grade) and adult/teen volunteers. If this is something that interests you – stop in the library and talk to Judy – we'd love to work together to get all of our kids reading!!
Book Review:
Alice LaPlante's Turn of Mind is a riveting read. It is the incredibly sad story of Dr. Jennifer White, a 64 year old retired orthopedic surgeon, who is learning to live with dementia. The story is told from Jennifer's perspective and can be so hard to read at times – how she can not even remember her son or daughter must be a challenge for the whole family – but seeing it all from Jennifer's side is almost worse. What makes this book even more appealing is the murder storyline. Jennifer's best friend has recently been murdered and the police suspect her as the murderer. This book is one that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final pages – I could not believe how it ended – I had no idea and DID NOT see it coming. It is just gives some great insight into dementia patients and what they live with, and what their families and friends live with – all from an insider's perspective. I would highly recommend this book – it was a fabulous read!


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West Point has declined to readmit Katherine Miller, who famously withdrew from the school rather than continue closeted. That's because no one knows when Don't Ask Don't Tell's repeal will take effect.
Miller, whose account of her experience at West Point we republished here, and who accompanied Lady Gaga to the VMAs (seen here), has since enrolled at Yale.
Gay servicemembers are in a strange, in-between time, as repeal won't officially go into effect 60 days after the president and top military brass sign off on an assurance that it won't hurt military readiness. It's not clear why Miller sought readmission before that happened, unless it was to prod the process forward.
West Point Rejects Readmission Of Lesbian Cadet Over Don't Ask, Don't Tell [AP]


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This image made from amateur video released by Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian rebel firing his weapon in Damascus, Syria, Friday, June 21, 2013. The commander of Syria's rebels confirms they have received new weapons, giving his forces more power in battles against government troops and Hezbollah fighters from Lebanon. Gen. Salim Idris refused to say in an interview with Al-Jazeera TV Friday where the weapons came from. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)
BEIRUT (AP) — Government troops fought back rebels near the airport of battle-scarred Aleppo, Syria's state media said Friday, in the first official acknowledgement combat had neared a strategic gateway to the country's largest city.
As fighting raged in both Aleppo and the Syrian capital Damascus, the United Nations announced that Lakhdar Brahimi, a former Algerian foreign minister and veteran U.N. diplomat, would serve as the world body's new peace envoy, aiming to resume efforts for a diplomatic solution to what has become an intractable civil war.
Brahimi, who previously served as envoy to Iraq and Afghanistan, replaces former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who announced he would leave the post by the end of this month after failing to bring about a cease-fire despite months of negotiations.
The announcement came just as U.N. observers in Syria were beginning to pack their things on Friday in preparation to close down their mission. Deployment of the observers was one of the only steps taken under Annan's peace plan. The team was intended to watch over a cease-fire that never took hold, and so was left trying to chronicle some of the more egregious instances of bloodshed.
Both sides have "chosen the path of war," said the U.N.'s assistant secretary-general for peacekeeping, Edmond Mulet. The U.N. plans to keep a small liaison office to support any future peace efforts.
The 17-month-old conflict between President Bashar Assad's regime and rebels trying to bring him down has left some 20,000 people dead, according to estimates by anti-Assad activists. The escalating fight has in the past two months turned to battles in the country's two main cities, Damascus and Aleppo — once firm bastions of Assad's rule. Rebels have managed to keep fighting in both cities despite facing overwhelming regime firepower.
In Damascus, activists reported heavy shelling and clashes in many areas Friday, including western districts believed to have rebel pockets. Damascus-based activist Moaz al-Shami described the shelling as "nonstop" and said gunners were firing from the Qassioun mountains overlooking the city.
Regime forces have been fighting for nearly a month to crush the rebels' footholds in Aleppo, in the north of the country. Rebels have been driven from some areas, but the report of clashes near the airport suggests the battles could be shifting to new fronts.
Syria's official SANA news agency said "armed terrorist groups" — the regime's phrase for rebels — had been pushed out from areas on both sides of the airport, which is located about 15 kilometers (nine miles) southeast of Aleppo's historical center. The report did not make it clear whether the fighting was closer to the international airport or the adjacent military airfield, a base for carrying out airstrikes on rebel sites in the north.
Aleppo carries major symbolic and strategic value. It's the commercial hub of northern Syria and close to rebel-held territory and critical supply corridors to the Turkish border.
Rebels have sought control of the ancient center, dominated by a medieval castle that is part of the city's UNESCO World Heritage Site. That would deal an embarrassing blow to the regime's claim that its overwhelming firepower can halt opposition advances.
"Those who think that the Syrian Arab army will be defeated are dreaming," said Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Moallem in a state TV interview late Thursday.
Civilians, meanwhile, have been increasingly caught in the crossfire, and many are fleeing to safety in nearby Turkey.
The U.N. refugee agency spokesman Adrian Edwards said 3,500 people crossed into Turkey on Tuesday and Wednesday. Edwards told reporters in Geneva there are now almost 65,000 Syrians in nine refugee camps in Turkey, about 40 percent of them new arrivals this month. In Jordan, nearly 2,700 Syrians have entered since Tuesday, swelling the numbers there to over 150,000.
Beyond the refugees who have fled to neighboring countries, the U.N.'s humanitarian chief Valerie Amos estimated that as many as 2.5 million people inside Syria need relief assistance.
The core of Assad's military and political power appears to remain in place, but major cracks have emerged in the wider reaches of his regime. They include high-level military and political defections and the ability of rebel guerrillas to stage bombings and abductions in the heart of the capital, Damascus.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who visited Syria's neighbors Jordan and Lebanon this week, told France's Europe-1 radio Friday that he was told "there will be new defections on a large scale." He gave no other details.
Fabius also defended France's refusal to send weapons to the Syrian rebels, despite their appeals for military help. He claimed rebel backers Qatar, Saudi Arabia and others are sending arms to the rebels — although there has been no evidence of sharply enhanced military firepower by the anti-Assad forces.
"We Europeans decided on an arms embargo," he said. "We are not going to contradict our own positions."
In Lebanon, tensions from Syria have spilled over into the volatile patchwork of factions backing the rebels and others firmly behind Assad's regime, such as the Iranian-backed militant and political group Hezbollah.
In the most prominent incident yet, a powerful Shiite Muslim clan claims to have taken more than 20 Syrian nationals and a Turk hostage in retaliation for the seizure of a family member by rebels in Syria this week. The clan said Thursday it was calling off "military operations" and would halt abductions for now.
Another captive was taken by unknown gunmen. Turkey's Foreign Ministry said a Turkish truck driver, Abdel Basit Erslan, was seized as he was driving in the Beirut suburb of Choueifat. It was unclear who was behind the abduction Thursday night.
The U.S. and Turkey issued security warnings for Lebanon.
On its website, the U.S. Embassy called on its citizens to take extra security precautions, adding that it had received reports of a higher chance of attacks on U.S. nationals. Kidnapping, it added, was another possible threat. The embassy also announced the suspension of the Fulbright and the English Language Fellow student exchange programs.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry also advised its citizens to avoid all non-essential travel to Lebanon and urged Turks already in the country to take safety precautions.
Arab Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE called this week on their citizens to leave Lebanon immediately.


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Didn't see the ninja vs roman - but come on - nothing but Wolverine can beat a Ninja.
Pirate vs Knight. Totally biased. NO way in hell a pirate would get up from one hit from that morning star. And his accurate detonation with the grenade. no way in hell.
knight wins 80% of the time. not loses because of smoothbore flintlock. biased!


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Saint Grimonia of Picardy
- Germana
Daughter of a pagan chieftain. Converted to Christianity around age twelve, and dedicated herself to God. When ordered by her father to marry, she refused. Her father was enraged, and imprisoned her. She managed to escape, fled to Laon, Picardy in France, and lived as an anchoress in the forest. Her father dispatched agents to find her. They did, and when she refused to return and marry, she was beheaded. Locals built a chapel over her grave; it soon became known as a site of miracles, and the town of LaChapelle grew up around the site.
- beheaded at Picardy, France
- relics translated to LesQuielles on 7 September 1231
- "Saint Grimonia of Picardy". CatholicSaints.Info. 7 September 2016. Web. 29 September 2020. <>


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Notas de los clientes en el libro de visitas del hotel… 2
Here follow three notes written by the hotel guests on the visitor book that we have at the disposal of everybody in the central patio and on which they can write whatever they wish.
Note # 1
In this note we can read in English.
We really enjoyed our stay! Helpful staff, great rooms & delicious breakfast. Thank you Alcoba del Rey.
Note # 2
The second note reads as follows.
Un hotel especial en una ciudad mágica, lástima que de las "mil y una noches," sólo perdieron se dos.
Agradecimientos de los maños.
Translation into English would be the following.
A special hotel in a magic city, a pitty that of "the one thousand and one nights" only two were lost.
Thanks from the Aragonese.
Note # 3
On the third one we can read.
Gracias por dejarnos disfrutar de este hotel con encanto.
Familia [ ] [ ]
Translation into English would be the following.
Thanks for letting us enjoy this charming hotel.
[ ] [ ] Family
Names or signatures of guests have been here omitted or covered for privacy reasons.
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I asked my husband what he wanted for dinner the other day and he said jacket potato with cheese and beans. Now, call me a food snob if you like but I don't like the tomato sauce in the tins of baked beans. I know, I know, lots of people say that with a bit of chilli sauce or pepper they're great with lovely melting cheese. I'm just not very keen on them and it seems like my little one isn't either. He will eat black beans or kidney beans in a curry, but he won't eat baked beans.
But who can blame the man for wanting a steaming hot jacket potato with a crisp and crunchy skin, fluffy clouds of soothing spud on the inside with oozy and juicy fillings? Is there anyone out there that isn't drooling at the thought?
I know they are convenient and have some nutritional benefits, but no. I just can't. So, following twitter conversations with Monica Shaw and Nazima Pathan I thought of a very gorgeous, balanced and flavour packed alternative. My jacket spud filling is far from boring or ordinary. It is deep with black beans, smoky with roasted Aubergine and smoked paprika, sweet with pineapple and has a kick of chilli and a tang from rice wine vinegar…lets not forget the Thai basil or salty feta on top. It's a sigh-worthy comfort meal.
Ingredients to serve 3-4
4 medium baking potatoes
One tin of black beans
3 large tomatoes
2 cloves of garlic
3 medium aubergines
150g ripe pineapple
2 tsp smoked paprika
2 tsp minced Thai basil
1.5tbsp rice wine vinegar
1-2 red chillies, minced
2tbsp cooking oil
Feta for crumbling on top
Salt to taste.
1. Wash the potatoes and dry them thoroughly with a cloth. Leave them to dry completely before drizzling them with olive oil and baking them in an oven at 180 degrees for 1.5hours. Ovens vary of course.
2. Wash and dry the aubergines and cover them in oil. Roast them until they shrivel and can be pierced all the way through. It should take 30-40minutes. Remove the Aubergine and leave them to cool. Once cool, remove the skin from the aubergines and mash the pulp to a soother consistency.
3. Skin the tomatoes by immersing them in boiling water until the skins start to split. Wash them in cold water before whipping the skin off. Cut the tomatoes into quarters and leave them to a side.
4. Heat the oil in a pan and add the garlic, chilli and paprika and sauté for a minute. Then add the tomatoes, aubergine, pineapple and salt.
5. Stir in the Thai basil, rice wine vinegar and mix it all through. Cook on a low to medium flame for 8-10 minutes.
6. Once the potatoes are cooked, slit them open and top with the bean Michael and crumble feta on top.
For more comfort food recipes, check out my;
Kale, banana and red onion pakora
Asian style sweetcorn soup with chilli, cumin and coriander rice flour dumplings
Easy entertaining portobello mushrooms stuffed with creamy, spiced smoky Aubergine pulp and Beetroot.
My food onesie; 'samosa filling' macaroni and cheese


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|Article Index
|UNRIC Library Newsletter - November 2010
|New information material
|New titles
|All Pages
New Websites within the UN System
UNRIC launches redesigned website
A common UNRIC website is operational in 13 languages of the region: Danish, Dutch/Flemish, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. Each language site gives information about the most important current UN-related events, activities and observances, as well as UNRIC and UN family programmes in the region. The sites in non-official UN languages (all except English, French and Spanish that have links to the UN headquarters website) also present basic information on the UN organization, including its structure, goals, main documents, affiliated agencies, employment opportunities and main areas of work.
Every Woman, Every Child
"Every Women Every Child" brings together partners within and outside the UN system, including governments, the private sector, philanthropic institutions and civil society which support the "Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health", launched during the UN Millennium Development Goals Summit.
"Hot issues: Open debates" – new DPI discussion forum
The UN Department of Public Information (DPI) has launched a periodic discussion forum on current topical issues. Called "Hot issues: Open debates," this forum will bring together representatives of a Member State and senior UN officials face-to-face to discuss current issues of mutual interest. The primary objective of the forum is for participants and viewers to gain a fuller understanding of critical issues from multiple perspectives, including the role of the UN and that of the Secretary-General.
The first of these debates took place on Tuesday, 26 October 2010. Topic was "Sudan: A vision for the future": http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/webcast/2010/10/discussion-forum-sudan-a-vision-for-the-future.html.
UNODC Menu of Services
The UN Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) has released a new "Menu of Services" which provides a detailed overview of how clients can access targeted assistance on the range of publications and online tools available. The Menu of services contains information about some of the publications and online tools it has developed and examples of the impact that the UNODC is having on the ground in the following five areas: Organized crime and trafficking, corruption, crime prevention and criminal justice reform, drug abuse prevention and health, and terrorism prevention.
Youth at the UN: A Handbook for Establishing a National Youth Delegate Programme to the United Nations (WFUNA)
This Handbook – published by the Word Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) - guides young people through the process of developing a proposal and budget for a national Youth Delegate Programme, as well as taking them step-by-step through creating their own campaign for such a Programme.
United Nations Peacekeeping Operations – Background Note: 30 September 2010 (DPI/1634/Rev.113, October 2010)
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/bnote.htm
French: http://www.un.org/fr/peacekeeping/bnote.htm
United Nations Political and Peacebuilding Missions - Background Note:
30 September 2010 (DPI/2166/Rev.88, October 2010)
English: http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/documents//ppbm.pdf
French: http://www.un.org/french/peace/peace/pdf/ppbmf.pdf
UNIFEM Resources on Women, Peace and Security
The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) gathered a collection of UNIFEM papers on Women, peace and security. Included in this collection are papers on gender issues in early warning, peace processes, peacekeeping, post-conflict planning and financing, and transitional justice.
Women Count for Peace: The 2010 Open Days on Women, Peace and Security (UNIFEM)
This report provides an account of an extraordinary set of 25 meetings held in the summer of 2010 between women peace activists and senior United Nations leaders in conflict-affected countries. It details women's perspectives on resolving conflict and building peace more effectively, identifies issues of common concern across different contexts — as well as areas of divergence — and makes proposals for improving international, regional and national efforts to protect women and promote peace.
Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2010 (UNESCAP)
The UN Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) has issued a report titled Asia Pacific Disaster Report 2010 - Protecting Development Gains. The report notes that the Asia and the Pacific is a region vulnerable to natural hazards of almost every kind – from earthquakes to droughts, from floods to tsunamis and with the prospect of climate change, the situation could become even more hazardous.
'Climate Smart' Agriculture – new FAO website
Food security and climate change can be addressed together by transforming agriculture and adopting practices that are "climate-smart". A number of production systems are already being used by farmers and food producers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, adapt to climate change, and reduce vulnerability. This website provides examples of many of these production systems considered as "climate-smart" and will be constantly updated to highlight additional examples and lessons learned from around the world.
Hidden Cities: Unmasking and Overcoming Health Inequities in Urban Settings (WHO / UN-HABITAT)
This new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) shows for the first time how ill-health is linked to poverty in cities, and not just among the poorest urban populations. It calls for policymakers to take action targeting health inequities.
Human Development Report 2010 - 20th Anniversary Edition (UNDP)
"The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development"
English, French & Spanish: http://hdr.undp.org/en/mediacentre/
This 20th anniversary milestone presents an opportunity to review human development achievements at the global and national levels. Life expectancy climbed from 59 years in 1970 to 70 in 2010, school enrolment rose from just 55 percent of all primary and secondary school-age children to 70 percent, and per capita GDP doubled to more than US$10,000.
Towards Sustainable Production and Use of Resources: Assessing Biofuels
Full report in English, Summary available in English, French, Spanish: http://www.unep.fr/scp/rpanel/biofuels.htm
The development of renewable energy from materials derived from biological sources (bioenergy) may reduce dependence on fossil fuels and help cut green gas emissions. The processes used for bioenergy production, however, consume considerable amounts of water. The report makes the case for the adoption of new planning approaches to balance the potential of biofuels production to combat climate change with environmental and social impacts.
Trade-related Technical Assistance database (WTO)
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has launched a new database aimed at sharing information on trade-related technical assistance. The Global Trade-Related Technical Assistance Database (GTAD) has been developed to ensure a coordinated approach to the design and implementation of technical assistance programmes among partner agencies, beneficiaries and donors. The database includes a search engine, which enables the extraction of information through different parameters, such as beneficiary country or by one of the 20 trade categories.
Weak employment recovery with persistent high unemployment and decent work deficits - An update on employment and labour market trends in G20 countries; An ILO report published on the occasion of the G20 Summit in Seoul, 11-12 November 2010
Although the report finds positive employment growth in all countries in 2010—stronger in emerging countries than in high income economies—it also says this employment growth as not been strong enough to reverse the slack that accumulated in the labour market during the economic crisis.
World Health Report 2010: Health systems financing - the path to universal coverage (WHO)
English: http://www.who.int/whr/2010/en/index.html
French: http://www.who.int/whr/2010/fr/index.html
Spanish: http://www.who.int/whr/2010/es/index.html
In this report, the World Health Organization maps out what countries can do to modify their financing systems so they can move more quickly towards this goal - universal coverage - and sustain the gains that have been achieved.
OHCHR Regional Office for Europe - new website launched
The mandate of the Regional Office for Europe is based on that of the High Commissioner as the principal UN official in charge of the promotion and protection of human rights. Through the integration of the UN's human rights standards into EU-wide policies, legislation and implementation measures, the Regional Office aim to help address human rights challenges in Europe. It also seeks to ensure the integration of the UN's human rights perspective in external EU policies and activities. To this end the Office provides policy advocacy and advisory services and work with governments, parliaments, judicial and national human rights institutions, civil society organizations and the UN Team in Brussels. Key regional partners include the EU institutions based in Brussels (the Council, the Commission and the Parliament), the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in Vienna, the Council of Europe and the OSCE.
Guidebook for planning Education in Emergencies and Reconstruction (UNESCO / INEE)
English & Spanish: http://www.iiep.unesco.org/no-cache/en/news/single-view.html?tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=698&tx_ttnews%5bbackPid%5d=262
The 2010 revised version of the Guidebook provides detailed information and guidance to support ministries of education in countries affected by conflict or natural disaster, as well as UN organizations, donor agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in support of these ministries.
Natural hazards, UnNatural disasters: the economics of effective prevention
Jointly published by the United Nations and the World Bank, this publication stresses the importance early warning systems and outlined measures to prevent death and destruction from earthquakes, hurricanes and flooding.
Post-conflict and post-disaster - new website on UNESCO responses
Following earthquakes, tsunamis and other crises, UNESCO is increasingly called upon by its Member States to respond to post-conflict/post-disaster situations in all its fields of expertise. UNESCO specializes in providing support to education and media and mitigating threats to culture and World Heritage.
The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.
United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe (UNRIC Brussels)
Residence Palace, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 155, Block C2,7th and 8th floor, Brussels 1040, Belgium
Tel.: +32 2 788 8484 / Fax: 32 2 788 8485


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In this lesson, students explore how writers use sensory imagery as a literary device to make text more meaningful for the reader. They begin by using all of their senses to describe known objects such as pasta, chocolate, or grapes. Students first feel and listen to the object, in a bag, before then taking it out of the bag to look at, smell, and taste it. They then use at least three senses to write a poem about the object they've described. Next, they evaluate how this literary device functions in Pat Mora's poem Echoes. As students read this poem, they look for sensory images and write an explanation of how these images contribute to the meaning of Mora's poem. Finally, students think about how sensory images work in their own poems and then make appropriate revisions to their work.
Using Your Senses: Students use this sheet to record what an object feels, smells, sounds, tastes, and looks like.
"Fearful and frustrating," contends NCTE author Jaime R. Wood, "are the words I've often heard to describe the experience that many students have when they read poetry in school" (xi). In response to these anxieties, Wood argues for the need to provide students with exposure to living voices, poets who are "alive and writing" and whose "cultural backgrounds...parallel many of the lives of our students" to reduce the initial hesitation students may have toward the study of poetry (xii). She takes her focus on living a step further by offering students a learning invitation that is a lived multisensory experience, providing readers with the necessary scaffolding that builds toward literary understanding with the ultimate goal of "introduc[ing] students to a kind of literacy about which they can feel excited" (xii).
Further Reading
Wood, Jaime R. 2006. Living Voices: Multicultural Poetry in the Middle School Classroom. Urbana, IL: NCTE.


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Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of Windows Vista's worldwide release. Microsoft has issued a press release to highlight the achievements of its flagship operating system. Some highlights:
- Windows Vista now supports over 43,000 hardware products, almost doubling the 23,000 at launch.
- There are over 60 million discrete DirectX 10 parts—which only Vista supports, shipped to date.
- An IPSos study has found that an average of 79 percent of users feel that Windows
Vista is safer than their previous operating system.
- More than 100 million Vista licenses has been issued to date.
Neil Charney, general manager of Microsoft Windows Client observed that some of the features made available in Vista might yet prove indispensable once they catch on. He notes the example of Windows XP's built-in support for wireless networking which most people didn't find too exciting when it first appeared. It is now widely used, however.
The release candidate of Windows Vista SP1 has already been released, with its actual release expected to be soon.
One year on, are you willing to wish Vista a happy birthday, or do you hope the birthday cake is burnt?


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Between 18 and 24 months: his vocabulary explodes
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 31, 2012) – With a victory over Venezuela on Thursday, the U.S. women's team of Summer Ross and Sara Hughes reached the third round of the FIVB SWATCH Junior (under-21) World Championships in Halifax, Canada.
Both U.S. men's teams competing in Halifax have also advanced to the second round.
Meanwhile the U.S. women's No. 2 team of Kirby Burnham (Newport Beach, Calif.) and Jace Pardon (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), seeded No. 26, ended the tournament tied for 17th after losing in the first round of single-elimination on Friday.Burnham and Pardon fell to Mexico's Maura Martinez and Claudia Rios, 21-11, 20-22, 15-12 in 48 minutes.
The No. 1 U.S. women's team of Ross (San Diego, Calif.) and Hughes (Costa Mesa, Calif.), seeded No. 3, took an easy second-round victory over No. 20 Guadalupe Paola and Gina Pahola, 21-6, 21-15.
In unofficial statistics, Ross finished with 19 kills and two aces. Hughes added five attacks and two aces. Venezuela finished with 14 kills and one ace. Neither team had any blocks. Paola and Pahola finish with a record of 1-3. Ross and Hughes are undefeated at 4-0.
Ross and Hughes advanced to Saturday's quarterfinals where they will play Germany's No. 23 Sandra Seyfferth and Anika Krebs at 10:10 a.m. PT. The match can be seen live Laola1.tv.
In the first set on Friday, Ross and Hughes jumped out to an 8-0 lead behind the serve of Hughes who had two aces in the run. Ross added three kills. With the U.S. leading 14-5, Venezuela's serve went out and the U.S. scored the next five points behind the serve of Ross, who had an ace, to reach set point. Venezuela scored once more on a kill before Ross ended it with a cross-court attack.
The U.S. led 5-2 at the first side change of the second set as Hughes and Ross each scored on two kills. With the U.S. leading 14-6, Venezuela scored three straight points on two kills and a U.S. error to pull to within five at 14-9. The U.S. came back with a 4-0 run as Ross had two kills and an ace and Hughes added an attack. The U.S. reached match point at 20-13. Venezuela scored on a kill and U.S. error before Ross ended it with an attack.
In the men's bracket, the No. 1 team of Alex Jones (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Kyle Stevenson (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), seeded No. 9, lost its final pool play match on Friday to Germany's No. 8 Dominik Stork and Fabian Schmidt, 21-14, 16-21, 15-13 in 47 minutes.
Jones and Stevenson advanced from pool play with a 1-2 record and came back to win in the first round of single elimination, 21-17, 21-17 in 36 minutes over No. 17 Mateo Iwanowski and Lisandro Rouzic of Argentina.
Jones and Stevenson will play Canada's No. 6 Dallas Keith and Garrett May (4-0) in Saturday's second round at 7:40 a.m. PT. The match can be seen live Laola1.tv.
The No. 2 U.S. men's team of Weston Carico (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Parker Kalmbach (Coto de Caza, Calif.), seeded No. 19, went 2-0 in a three-team pool and advanced straight to Saturday's second round. They will face No. 13 Ondrej Benes and Ondrej Perusic of Czech Republic (3-0) at 7 a.m.
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It is good to see that there is more concern for those at risk for diabetes. The treatment of pre-diabetes requires intensive lifestyle modification and the use of metformin and acarbose for controlling glycemia for high-risk patients, declared a consensus statement issued by the American College of Endocrinology task force.
The statement was meant to fill the void in recommendations for treating pre-diabetes by defining specific goals and targets for glucose levels, weight, blood pressure, and lipids, according to Alan Garber, M.D., Ph.D., of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, who chaired the 17-member task force.
The CDC estimates that about 57 million U.S. adults have pre-diabetes, defined as impaired fasting glucose of 100 to 125 mg/dL, impaired glucose tolerance of 140 to 199 mg/dL, or both. (See: Number of Patients with Diabetes Climbs to 24 Million, this week Item# )
About 6% to 10% of patients with impaired glucose tolerance will develop diabetes each year, and among patients with both impaired fasting glucose and glucose tolerance, about 60% will have diabetes in six years. Also, half of all patients with impaired glucose tolerance meet the criteria for metabolic syndrome, according to the task force report.
"The preferred treatment approach for all the abnormalities of persons in this group is intensive lifestyle management, given its safety and the strong evidence of efficacy of this approach in improving glycemia and reducing cardiovascular risk factors," the report said.
The task force recommended that patients with pre-diabetes lose 5% to 10% of their body weight assisted by self-monitoring, the setting of realistic goals, stimulus control, cognitive strategies, social support, and appropriate reinforcement.
Pre-diabetics should get at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise – such as walking or biking — per week, the task force said, and should limit total and saturated fat and transfatty acids.
For patients at a particularly high risk — for example, those with worsening glycemia, cardiovascular disease, or nonalcoholic fatty liver disease — complementing lifestyle modification with medication should be considered, the task force said.
Doctors should consider drugs to lower glucose, cholesterol and blood pressure. Asprin is recommended.
"Although lifestyle can clearly modify the progression of patients towards overt diabetes, it may not be sufficient," Dr. Garber said. The task force recommended metformin and acarbose for controlling glycemia on the basis of their efficacy in reducing the transition from pre-diabetes to diabetes and their safety.
The authors cited safety concerns with thiazolidinediones as well as insufficient evidence to recommend new agents such as glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) inhibitors, and meglitinides.
In addition, pre-diabetics should meet the same lipid and blood pressure targets as diabetics using statins, ACE inhibitors, and angiotensin Ireceptor blockers as first-line treatments, according to the report. The authors made similar recommendations for lifestyle modification and medication use for children and adolescents with pre-diabetes.
However, they said, the "emphasis must be placed on lifestyle change which can be beneficial in improving glycemic and cardiovascular risk parameters."
In addition to the treatment recommendations, the task force outlined measures for monitoring patients with pre-diabetes for a worsening of the condition. These included an annual glucose tolerance test and testing for microalbuminuria and twice-yearly evaluation of fasting plasma glucose, hemoglobin A1c, and lipids.
The authors said that "the costs of diabetes prevention can be balanced against cost savings realized from fewer patient-years of the disease, a reduction in complications, and decreased need for hospitalization."
They also stressed that health insurance should start providing better coverage for lifestyle intervention programs.
"Healthcare systems that emphasize acute care to the exclusion of disease prevention or chronic disease management will fail patients with diabetes and patients at high risk of diabetes," they said.
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The user is or has the ability to take on the form of Sphinx, a mythical creature with, the body of a lion and the head of a human or a cat.
In Greek tradition, sphinx has the haunches of a lion, the wings of a great bird, and the face of a woman, mythicised as treacherous and merciless. Those who cannot answer her riddle suffer a fate typical in such mythological stories, as they are killed and eaten by this ravenous monster.
Unlike the Greek sphinx which was a woman, the Egyptian sphinx is typically shown as a man (an androsphinx), in addition, the Egyptian sphinx was viewed as benevolent in contrast to the malevolent Greek version and was thought of as a guardian often flanking the entrances to temples.
Modern sphinxes tend to combine the riddling and feminine appearance of the Greek sphinx with the less violent temperament of the Egyptian sphinx, but one repeating pattern is that sphinxes are guardians and secret-keepers.
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The target identifies as far as possible the desired state to be achieved for the attribute. In many cases, the attribute targets show if the current objective is to either 'maintain' or 'recover' the attribute.
Where there is no evidence to determine a marine feature's condition, a vulnerability assessment, which includes sensitivity and exposure information for features and activities in a site, has been used as a proxy for condition. Evidence used in preparing the SACO has been cited with hyperlinks included where possible. Where references have not been provided, Natural England has applied ecological knowledge and expert judgement.
Some, but not all, of these attributes can also be used for regular monitoring of the condition of the designated features. The attributes selected for monitoring the features, and the standards used to assess their condition, are listed in separate monitoring documents, which will be available from Natural England. As condition assessment information becomes available, the conservation advice package will be reviewed accordingly.
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Any proposals or operations which may affect the site or its features should be designed so they do not adversely affect any of the attributes in the SACO or achievement of the conservation objectives.
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New residential construction in Southwest Florida accelerated to its fastest first-quarter pace since the market collapsed six years ago, further sign the region's housing industry has rebounded from the Great Recession.
Sharp increases in residential building permits come as a shrinking supply of homes for sale, combined with the rising cost of real estate, has more retirees and out-of-state buyers turning to new homes -- a market segment that basically vanished during the prolonged downturn.
The uptick has put recession-battered contractors back to work, boosted coffers of local governments and even generated better sales for housing-related retailers. But it has also renewed fears that it may overheat and cause a housing bubble reminiscent of the one in 2006.
As builders roll out communities that had been put on hold, many analysts expect the cash-driven bull run to continue through 2015 because of pent-up demand.
"The housing sector is always going to have a big impact on the economy, with all the jobs tied to construction," said Sean Snaith, an economist with the University of Central Florida. "Then, when these homes are sold, you have the effects of home d�cor and furniture. Then, you have new residents moving in them, and they contribute to the economy as well."
Capped by a strong March, first-quarter single-family building permits in unincorporated Sarasota County rose 52 percent over the fourth quarter and 74 percent from the same period in 2012, to reach 249, county records show.
The gains were similar in Manatee County, where the 419 new residential permits issued from January through March were 36 percent higher than in the same three months last year.
In both counties, it was the best quarter for building permits since the early 2000s. Permit activity measures homes that are expected to begin construction in the next three months.
The local gains have been fanned primarily by the estimated 76 million baby boomers in the U.S. that put off their retirement when the economy got rocky, largely because they lost so much home equity. But an estimated one-sixth of those boomers are again retiring to the Sunshine State, and many are choosing Southwest Florida as their landing spot, Lakewood Ranch-based homebuilder Pat Neal said.
Institutional investors, meanwhile -- including the Blackstone Group and Colony Financial -- have also been on local foreclosure buying frenzies. This has, in turn, lifted prices and nudged buyers toward new homes instead.
"We are at the cusp of another big boom," Neal said. "This is the sixth time I have seen this movie, and this is how it all begins. I believe consumers are just sensing the beginning of another strong run-up."
Neal attributes the gains to a strengthening Wall Street, slow gains in prices and interest rates that remain historically low.
Although he does not predict the market will balloon to the level it did during the boom seven years ago, Neal sees the market resembling that of the mid-1990s.
That has been evident in Neal's Woodbrook community on Lockwood Ridge Road in southern Manatee County, where he has increased the average asking price nine times this year.
Other builders, too, are raising prices to keep up with pressure from suppliers and labor costs, expenses that sank by as much as 50 percent during the downturn.
The housing-start trend was consistent across the country.
Building permit activity nationwide in March reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 902,000. That was 3.9 percent below the revised February rate of 939,000, but it remained 17.3 percent above the figure from March 2012, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. New home starts in March similarly rose 7 percent from February and a whopping 47 percent over the year to reach 1.036 million units.
Most housing analysts expect residential construction activity to climb as high as another 20 percent through 2014 to meet the fierce demand. If that holds up, economists have estimated 500,000 new jobs in 2013 and another 700,000 in 2014 should follow.
"The whole economy, and this industry, functions on confidence," said Bradenton homebuilder Carlos Beruff. "I think that confidence is there, and we will see this continue."
Housing starts in area rise sharply
New residential construction in Southwest Florida accelerated to its fastest first-quarter pace since the market collapsed six years ago, further sign the region's housing industry has rebounded from the Great Recession.


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Mary Jo White (left), President Barack Obama's pick to be the next chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, will tell the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday that regulating the conduct of broker-dealers and investment advisors when giving retail investment advice is "an important" area within the SEC's jurisdiction, and that she plans to "focus" on the issue during her chairmanship.
In her prepared testimony, which AdvisorOne previewed Monday, White says that other priorities for her as she assumes the role of SEC chief will be to:
- First, finish, "in as timely and smart a way as possible," the rulemaking mandates contained in the Dodd-Frank Act and JOBS Act.
- Continue "rigorous economic analysis" to inform and guide commission rules;
- Strengthen the enforcement function of the SEC, so that it is "fair, but it also must be bold and unrelenting."
- Fully understand "all aspects of today's high-speed, high-tech and dispersed marketplace so that it can be wisely and optimally regulated, which means without undue cost and without undermining its vitality"; and
- Focus on money-market funds, private fund advisers, credit rating agencies and clearing agencies.
David Tittsworth, executive director of the Investment Adviser Association, says that while White's comments in her prepared testimony are "a sign that she does intend to look carefully" at the fiduciary issue, "I think it would be premature to believe that she has a firm policy view on the details of any such rulemaking."
Barbara Roper, director of investor protection at the Consumer Federation of America, adds that White, in her testimony, "clearly recognizes the broad range of issues she will have to grapple with" as chairwoman. "With such a crowded agenda facing the agency, it is encouraging that the fiduciary rulemaking made the list of issues on which she plans to focus."
White's pledge to focus on the fiduciary issue is timely, as the Financial Planning Coalition released Monday results of a survey it conducted showing that 80% of American investors do not believe the federal government is doing enough to protect "consumers from being taken advantage of" by financial advisors.
The online survey of 1,030 indivuduals over age 18, conducted by KRC Research on behalf of the Coalition–comprised of the Financial Planning Association, CFP Board and National Association of Personal Financial Advisors–also found that 84% of American investors agree that "financial advisors should be regulated by the federal government to protect investors and build confidence in financial services."
Chris Paulitz, spokesperson for the Financial Services Institute, says that "as chair of the SEC there will be many issues" requiring White's attention, "including a fiduciary standard proposal. FSI has long supported a uniform fiduciary standard." FSI, he added, "looks forward to working with her and the SEC to create an effective and efficient fiduciary standard, as well as on other initiatives, that increase protection for investors without limiting their access to financial advice and service."
Tittsworth says he expected White to be confirmed by "a strong vote of the Senate Banking Committee and full Senate," and that she could be sworn in as chairwoman in April.
On March 1, the SEC published its request for public comment on its rule to put brokers under a fiduciary mandate. Specifically, the SEC says it is requesting data and other information from the public and interested parties about the "benefits and costs" of the current standards of conduct for broker-dealers and investment advisors when providing advice to retail customers, as well as alternative approaches to the standards of conduct.


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Pastor: Cain's Comments Do Little to Help Heal Racial Divide
A black pastor chided presidential candidate Herman Cain for tearing down African Americans with comments about political affiliation and unemployment, and encouraged him to follow God's model of reconciliation to help his people.
As Cain's momentum rises in the polls so is the criticism of his views of racism and economic opportunity. During an October CNN interview, he said, "I don't believe racism in this country today holds anybody back in a big way."
David Anderson, a Maryland pastor and president of racial reconciliation group BridgeLeader Network, acknowledges there is some truth to Cain's statements.
"He's right in that things are better" for African Americans compared to life in the early 1960s, Anderson told The Christian Post. However he said systemic racism still continues to plague American society.
"We see that [systemic prejudice] in the wealth gap, we see it in the achievement gap and we see it in politics and as a result we've got African Americans who are not achieving as well when it comes to education or when it comes to wealth because of the systemic issues that are at play," Anderson explained.
Cain did acknowledge that some "elements of racism" do exist.
"It gets back to if we don't grow this economy, that is a ripple effect for every economic level, and because blacks are more disproportionately unemployed, they get hit the worst when economic policies don't work. That's where it starts," he said.
However, the former businessman also expressed that some blacks are using racism as a crutch rather than seeking out economic success.
"They weren't held back because of racism," Cain said. "People sometimes hold themselves back because they want to use racism as an excuse for them not being able to achieve what they want to achieve."
In response, Anderson said Cain should seek to help those African Americans that are struggling to bridge the economic gap just as God sought to help humanity.
"If you are a Christian, you realize that God is the biggest bridge-builder of all of us, and He built a bridge to a people who did not even care about Him," Anderson said, referencing Romans 5:8. "He built the bridge to the least of these, not the best of these."
Cain's words have caused other black leaders to come forward publicly and denounce him.
On Tuesday, black Harvard law professor Randall Kennedy criticized Cain and his book This Is Herman Cain! in a CNN editorial piece for ignoring government's separatist past and its role on American race relations.
"Cain evinces no recognition of the Founding Fathers' role in erecting a cruel pigmentocracy (race-based social hierarchy) that continues to poison virtually every aspect of American political, social and cultural life," Kennedy wrote.
He further disparaged Cain's statements about unemployed "Occupy Wall Street" protesters, whom Cain said should blame themselves for not having a job.
African-American singer and activist Harry Belafonte denounced Cain on the Joy Behar Show as a man of "denied intelligence."
He further characterized Cain's corporate successes as an executive at the top of Pillsbury, Burger King and Godfather's Pizza companies as "a moment where he broke through the moment someone blinked."
Blacks aren't upset at Cain because he is a conservative, Anderson noted. Rather, "what hurts blacks is when you have someone who is a conservative or a Republican who talks about the very people that he represents."
"To have a conservative viewpoint is great … I think it's a good thing because we don't need to be pigeon-holed into one category or political party," he commented. But Cain's declarations like his October statement labeling blacks as being "brainwashed into not being open-minded, not even considering a conservative point of view" are divisive and allow racial tensions and prejudices to continue, Anderson said.
"What [it] does when he says those kinds of things is it separates himself from his group and it makes his group look like a bunch of stupid people but he's the one who's not stupid anymore and only the smart ones will follow [him]," he explained.
Anderson called on Cain to be respectful of his people even when he's disagreeing with them.
"If you believe that helping others [can be accomplished] through a conservative business platform, that's awesome," he remarked. "But you do it in a way that's not on the backs or on the negative reputation of your own people. "
To advocate a platform on a negative reputation, he said, "just pushes them down further, it makes them look worse and while it lifts you up for the moment, it doesn't lift your people up in the minds of others."


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It can be found on pp 497-498 of the invaluable Love's Redeeming Work: The Anglican Quest for Holiness (Oxford University Press 2001) compiled by Geoffrey Rowell, Kenneth Stevenson, and Rowan Williams.
But the distinctive worship of the Christian Church is the worship of the Incarnate God, the Man Christ Jesus, Who in our nature is seated at God's Right Hand, and in that nature is by us to be adored. The Ascension Day marked a distinct crisis in the worship of God both in Heaven and on earth. Until that mysterious morning when Jesus in His assumed Humanity passed within the Veil and took His place within the true Holy of Holies, the "Agnus Dei", the great hymn of Christendom, had never rung through the courts of Heaven; but when the thronging Angels watched the Ascent of the Sacred Humanity of Jesus--and saw its mysterious flight cease only when it was throned on the Right Hand of the Eternal--a new light flashed across their intellects, a new adoration filled their spirits, a new song burst from their lips, a new worship was begun, the worship of Jesus Christ: "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing!" (Rev v. 12). And as the Ascension of Jesus formed a crisis in the worship of Heaven, so was it also on earth. "They worshipped Him"--His very withdrawal from among them, His very elevation to the Throne of God, was the development of new relations between the disciples and their Lord. As long as He was on the earth the worship of Him was not the principal feature of their life; but as soon as He was withdrawn from them and seated at God's Right Hand in the Heavenly places, the adoration of the Lamb--the worship of Jesus Incarnate, Crucified, Risen, Ascended, Enthroned--the distinctive worship of the Christian Church--began to be. And a new aspect stood revealed of that holy Eucharist which He had ordained: it was to be the earthly centre of that glorious worship wherewith, in Heaven, in Paradise, and on earth, the Ascended Jesus is ever adored.
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